Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1998

S. 852Introduced Jun 9, 1997Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Where it went

IntroducedJun 9, 1997
Committee actionNov 4, 1997
Passed SenateOct 2, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseOct 10, 1998 · 271–133
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 12, 1998 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 852.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 852, National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1997” on July 14, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 4, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10955
CBO publication date
July 14, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 852, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/852
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-265 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 27, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 852, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/852
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 852, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

57 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent

17 of 57 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Breaux (D-LA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), Rod Grams (R-MN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) and 27 more.

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